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Today’s moth is an understated brown Crambidae, Loxostege brunneitincta. While this isn’t a particularly captivating moth it does have an interesting story that illustrates the need for scientific collections and museum loans. If you read the label image you will notice the moth was originally collected in 1927 by E. Lpp. Van . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Pirmdiena kode

Back to Blogging!

As I’m sure you’ve noticed things have been awfully quiet around here for the last two months. Most of January I was busy with a move, from San Francisco to Chicago. Unfortunately the foundation that was supporting my work at the California Academy of Sciences had some tough financial calls to make and my position . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Back to Blogging!

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Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)

 

This Monday moth is a stunning female of the Neotropical MegalopygidaeTrosia nigrorufa. Ed Ross and Ev Schlinger collected this specimen in Peru in 1955, and I’ve heard many stories about these epic expeditions. I can’t really imagine travelling via cargo ship, being gone for six or more . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Pirmdiena kode

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Oops, I skipped last monday’s moth, so here are two! These are some stunners from the CAS Philippines expedition and I think I have figured out their names. If you know better, please correct me.

 

Parasa darma (Limacodidae)

 

Parotis marginata (Crambidae)

 

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Filipīnu kukaiņi I

A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. Lai gan lielākā daļa naudas tika iztērēta kliperkuģī un niršanas komandām, bija zemes komponents. Kamēr es nevarēju iet (un sēdēja mājās un pucējās), I did talk some of . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Filipīnu kukaiņi I

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Pagājušajā nedēļā Jim Hayden nojauta kožu es ievietojis biju Austrālijas Oecophoridae. Tas bija labs minējums, jo ir tik daudz lielu un apdullināšanu kodes šajā ģimenē no Austrālijas. Viens no vislabāk ir jābūt šis viens, Ievadiet lambertella (Oecophoridae), notverti par Black Mountain Kanberas oktobris 23, 1955 (CAS kolekcijas). . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Pirmdiena kode

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ANSWER: This wasn’t easybut this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Pirmdiena kode

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I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LAalthough in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Bet . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Pirmdiena kode

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Es turpināšu ritināt bumbu ar šo sēriju un mēģināšu padarīt to regulārāku. Es arī pievērsīšos tam, lai katru nedēļu izceltu jaunu sugu no milzīgajām kolekcijām šeit, Kalifornijas Zinātņu akadēmijā. Tam vajadzētu sniegt man pietiekami daudz materiāla… vismaz dažus simtus gadu.

Grammia . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Pirmdiena kode

The Arachnologists have landed

Labi, not an insect

 

For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (no, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Lasīt vairāk: The Arachnologists have landed